About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
World News from Waverley High by Linda Kass
If you were in high school in the late '60s or early '70s, Linda Kass' novel, World News from Waverley High will resonate with you. The coming-of-age novel brings back memories with its news of Vietnam, campus unrest, racial unrest and politics. Music and books tie...
November Book Tasting
The reader reviewers were succinct at the October book tasting at the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library System. We start at 10:30 AM and usually go until noon. But the Ohio State/Indiana football game started at noon, and a couple women said...
Murder on 34th Street by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks' historical mystery, Murder on 34th Street, could as easily have been called Magic on 34th Street. Fredericks, a New York native and a history major in college, brings 1932 New York City to life with the magic of Macy's as seen through the eyes of...